Fresno State won the game 37–34 in overtime on a 25-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Paul Pinegar to Stephen Spach.

Strong hopes based on a 5–0 start and a #6 ranking were dashed by a 36–3 blowout loss to Florida State and a third-place finish in the ACC.

[3] For a time the Independence Bowl was a possibility, as the Southeastern Conference (SEC) failed to produce enough bowl-eligible teams, but this was contingent on the MPC Computers Bowl getting a Big East school—either Boston College, Connecticut or Syracuse—to replace an ACC team.

[4] The MPC Computers bowl normally had the sixth choice of ACC teams, which would have been Georgia Tech or Clemson.

The Big East declined to send a team to the MPC Computers Bowl, so on December 1 Virginia accepted the bid.